Patbingsu is shaved ice — but that description undersells it by a wide margin. The name breaks down simply: pat means red bean, bingsu means shaved ice. The classic version is a bowl of finely shaved ice topped with sweetened red bean paste, chewy rice cake pieces called tteok, sweetened condensed milk, and a dusting […]

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Dalgona is a flat disc of honeycomb toffee — sugar melted in a ladle over low heat until liquid, a pinch of baking soda stirred in quickly, the mixture foaming and expanding as the baking soda releases carbon dioxide and aerates the caramel, then poured onto a flat surface and pressed thin with a mould […]

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